The 12 Days Of Practice

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CADi is preparing for the launch of her first original Christmas song and is busy recruiting members for her band.  Join CADi each day over the next “Twelve Days of Practice” as new members join the band!

12 Days Of Practice Lyrics:

On the first day of practice, my new friend joined the band, in a sing along with CADi

On the second day of practice, my new friend joined the band, with two kettle drums and a sing along with CADi

On the third day of practice, my new friend joined the band, with three french horns
two kettle drums
and a sing along with CADi

On the fourth day of practice, my new friend joined the band, four chirping birds
three french horns
two kettle drums
and a sing along with CADi

On the fifth day of practice, my new friend joined the band, with five kids who sing
four chirping birds
three french horns
two kettle drums
and a sing along with CADi

On the sixth day of practice, my new friend joined the band, with six keyboards tapping
five kids who sing
four chirping birds
three french horns
two kettle drums
and a sing along with CADi

On the seventh day of practice, my new friend joined the band, with seven mice clicking
six keyboards tapping
five kids who sing
four chirping birds
three french horns
two kettle drums
and a sing along with CADi

On the eighth day of practice, my new friend joined the band, with eight sleigh bells ringing
seven mice clicking
six keyboards tapping
five kids who sing
four chirping birds
three french horns
two kettle drums
and a sing along with CADi

On the ninth day of practice, my new friend joined the band, with nine reindeer prancing
eight sleigh bells ringing
seven mice clicking
six keyboards tapping
five kids who sing
four chirping birds
three french horns
two kettle drums
and a sing along with CADi

On the tenth day of practice, my new friend joined the band, with ten Santas swinging
nine reindeer prancing
eight sleigh bells ringing
seven mice clicking
six keyboards tapping
five kids who sing
four chirping birds
three french horns
two kettle drums
and a sing along with CADi

On the eleventh day of practice, my new friend joined the band, with eleven presents rapping
ten Santas swinging
nine reindeer prancing
eight sleigh bells ringing
seven mice clicking
six keyboards tapping
five kids who sing
four chirping birds
three french horns
two kettle drums
and a sing along with CADi

On the twelfth day of practice, my new friend joined the band, with twelve ants a strummin’
eleven presents rapping
ten Santas swinging
nine reindeer prancing
eight sleigh bells ringing
seven mice clicking
six keyboards tapping
five kids who sing
four chirping birds
three french horns
two kettle drums
and a sing along with CADi

Online Album Release

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CADi Grace’s premiere 4-track studio production, “The Craziest Dream,” is currently available for purchase through CD Baby!CADi Album CoverThe Craziest Dream is a collection of story songs that inspire children to use their imaginations as they are swept away in a musical adventure.  The clever lyrics and country inspired melodies, along with the deliciously fun and magically animated videos will have children laughing and singing along.


The Inspiration of CADi

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Greetings from Cheryl DaVeiga, creator and alter ego of CADi Grace

You might be wondering what inspired the creation of CADi Grace.  There’s always a song dancing around in my head.  My family and friends joke about how I know the lyrics to every song on the radio.  I found my creative outlet in writing parody songs for my family and friends for birthdays, retirement, promotions… any excuse at all.   The goal was to make the lyrics funny, hand out lyric sheets to everyone and lead a group sing-along.  Hmmm… how could I use a talent such as this?  Weird Al already had the market.

At the time CADi was “born”, my darling nephews, Michael and Colin, were growing up,
and I (Auntie Cheryl) was intent on sharing my love of music with them.  When Michael was 7, we were out shopping together for arts and crafts, having just listened to the Kids Place Live radio station.  He was singing along.  I declared to Michael that we should write our own song. He looked up at me in awe and asked  “We could write a song?”

He wanted to know how.  “Well”, I said, making it up as I was saying it,  “you just come
up with an idea of what your song should be about, write some lyrics to describe it,
put them to a melody and you have a song!  He found this thought intriguing.  So I
asked Michael what he’d like his song to be about.  He thought about it for a minute
and landed decisively on “superheroes.”  OK.  Superheroes it was.  “Now, what about
them?  What would they be doing?”   We decided that since a song can really be about
anything at all, and we were shopping at the time, maybe the song could be about
meeting superheroes in the aisles of the stores.  Michael thought that was pretty funny,
and a song was born.  We went home that day, sat at the piano, and began to write The
Craziest Dream… maybe not so crazy after all…